Congress, There Is No Reason to Add Funds to the Pentagon Budget: The United States could mount a robust defense for far less money if it pursued a more restrained strategy.
to the Pentagon budget beyond what the department itself requested, much of it for systems built in the states or districts of key members, a process that puts special interests above the national interest.
In addition to shifting to a more restrained defense strategy, a number of initial steps—some small, some major—can be taken to weaken the economic grip of the arms industry on Pentagon spending and policy. Second, the practice of the arms industry funding the campaigns of members of the armed services committees and defense appropriations subcommittees of each house of Congress should be ended. Ideally, there should be a legal ban on such contributions, but if such a measure doesn’t pass legal muster the practice should be stigmatized to the point that relevant members voluntarily forgo such donations.
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